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Appetizer Puzzle- Want to Play?

Here's a weird one: My husband called to let me know that a few friends are going to come by tonight, they're bringing pumpkins and we'll have an impromptu carving party. He suggested we order some food, but my silly hostess-pride said "of course not, I'll just make a few nice heavy appetizers and we can all munch on that while we work!"

Well, I just realized that I do not have a car as I forgot, it's getting serviced. I also do not have my wallet (long story).

So now I'm looking at a fairly barren cupboard and trying to figure out if there are 3 or 4 desperation dishes I might be able to whip up out of a sad lot of ingredients. As I'm banging my head against a wall, I thought maybe a fellow chow-hounder would find this fun, like a foodie logic problem. I'm currently facing the cooking equivalent of writers' block.

Here's what I have on hand, assuming I also have most common dried spices, olive oil, vinegar:

I'd do the quesadillas, season the sour cream dip with cayenne, chili powder and cumin, and then make a quick black bean soup with the tomatoes, broth, jalapenos, and red pepper, and serve that in mugs. You've got a southwest theme!